Inventory of the properties belonging to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik
Properties
| ID | 118768 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Source |
| Source | Charter |
| Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 |
| Provenance | Serbian |
Description
The Serbian Despot Joan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possession was isssued.
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Places (18)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analepsis | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records a plot of land in the village Rozeinos and a field called Analepsis endowed by a certain Asanes, which was in the possession of the monastery (καὶ γὴν ἢν ἔδωκεν ὀ Ασάνης ἐκείνος εἰς τὸν Ρωζεινον καὶ τὴν Ἀνάληψιν). | ||
| Birobetza | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records 500 modioi of land in a plot called Birobetza, which was in the possession of the monastery (γὴν εἰς τὴν λεγωμένην Βιρωβήτζαν μοδίων νʹ). | ||
| Dempreane | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Dempreane with one paroikos is mentioned there as a possession of the monastery (χωρίον ἡ Δεμπρεἄνη, ἔχωμεν ὑπάρικον ἔν). The village Dempreane is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between 1570 and 1573 as Debreni. | ||
| Hagia Kyriake | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Hagia Kyriake with two free people, two orphans, a meadow and a mill is mentioned there as a possession of the monastery (ἕτερον χωρίον ἡ Ἁγία Κυριἀκη, ἔχωμεν ἐλευθέρους δύο καὶ ορφανὰς δύο· ἔχωμεν καὶ γὴν ἐκείσαι πολλὴν μὴ γαιωμετρουμένην, μετὰ τοῦ ἐκείσαι λυβαδιου καὶ μύλονος). | ||
| Hagios Georgios Aliseres | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The small monastery Hagios Georgios called Aliseres is mentioned there as a possession of the monastery (μονήδριον ὁ Ἅγιος Γεὤργιος ὀ ἐπονομαζώμενος ὀ Ἀλίσερης). | ||
| Katunitza | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Katunitza with five paroikoi and 18 free people is mentioned there as a possession of the monastery (ἕτερον χωρίον ἡ Κατούνιτζα ἔχων ὑπαρίκους πέντε καὶ ἐλευθέρους ιηʹ). The inventory records also two mills in the village (εἰς τὴν Κατούνητζα μύλονες δύο). | ||
| Klesuritza | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records 3700 modioi of land in a plot called Slatina, Smelaiu and beyond the topographical entity by the name of Klesuritza, which was in the possession of the monastery (γὴν εἰς τὴν Σλάτιναν καὶ εἰς τοῦ Σμήλαιου καὶ ἔξο ἀπο τὴν λεγωμένην Κλησουρίτζαν μοδίων γ επτακοσίῳν). | ||
| Maximu | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records an abandoned village Maximu, which was in the possession of the monastery (ἔτερον παλαιωχώριν ἡ Μαξιμοῦ ἐξιλιμένον). | ||
| Melnik, Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa | Place | The nun Annesia donated in the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν). In the time period from 1301 to 1361 a not named patriarch appointed Meletios as Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (Ἡ μετριότης ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ παρόντος αὐτῆς γράμματος παρακελεύεται εἶναι τὸν τιμιώτατον ἱερομόναχον κῦρ Μελέτιον εἰς καθηγούμενον τῆς ἐν τῷ θεοσώστω κάσ̣τ̣ρῳ τοῦ Μελενίκου διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς τῆς ὑπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ Θεομη̣τορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Σπηλαίου). In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik and the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) and the people from Hagios Georgios (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον). The boundaries of the possession reached as far as the plot Potokos, where the river Struma flowed through and the plot Philippu (ἕως τὸν λεγόμενον Πότοκον, ἔνθα διἤρχετο ὁ Στρύμμων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ διέ̣ρ̣χετ̣αι τὴν ἄμμον μέχρι τοῦ λεγωμένου Φιλιππου). The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion an inventory of all possession was isssued (Κατὰ τὴν πεντεκαὶδεκάτην τοῦ Ἰαννοἀρίου μηνὸς τῆς τρίτης ἰνδικτιῶνος παρέδωκεν ὁ ἐνδοξώτατος Οὔγγλεσης πρὸς τὴν θείαν καὶ σεβασμίαν καὶ βασιλικὴν μονὴν τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους τῆς ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Βατοπεδίου τὴν θείαν μονὴν περὶ τὸν Μελενίκον τὴν ἐπικεκλημένην τῆς πανάγνου Θεοτόκον τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσης μετὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν αυτῆ πρὸἀστίων καὶ κτημάτων ὧν ἔκπαλαι καὶ πρὸ χρόνων ἐκράτησεν ἡ τοιαύτη θεία μονῆ). | ||
| Melnik, The Church/Monastery Hagios Ioannes Prodromos | Place | Ioannes Sguros Orestes owned probably in 1319/1320 a cleared meadow in the vicinity of Melnik, somewhere between the Monastery of Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa and the Church/Monastary Hagios Ioannes Prodromos (εἰς τὸ ἐκεῖσ̣ε̣ ἐκλειωματικὸν λιβά̣διον χ̣ωράφιον π̣λησίον ὂν̣ τῆς ἐντὸς τοῦ κ̣ά̣στρου Μελενίκου σεβασμίας? μονῆς τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσσης κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τῶν δικαίων τῆς ἑτέ̣ρα̣ς̣ σεβασμίας μονῆς τῆ̣ς̣ τοῦ ἁγ̣ίου προφήτου Προ̣δ̣ρόμου κ̣α̣ὶ̣ Βαπ̣τ̣ιστοῦ Ἰωάννου καὶ ....ης ἔξωθεν τοῦ αὐτοῦ κάστρου μοδ̣ίων δεκατ̣ρ̣ιῶν). The church is mentioned in the charter concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos from June 1355 (ἐκ δὲ τοῦ κάτωθεν μέρους πλησίον τοῦ τιμίου Προδρόμου). The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated in January 1365 the old Church Hagios Ioannes Prodromos in the lower town of Melnik to the Monastery Batopedi on Mount Athos (καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ ἐμπορίου παλαιωκλησιν ὀ τιμιος Πρόδρομος μετα τῆς περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ). The church of Sveti Joan Predteča in Melnik from the Ottoman period was probably erected on the same place as the Church/Monastery of Hagios Ioannes Prodromos. | ||
| Mpusdobos | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Mpusdobos with 16 free households and a land, whis was donated by Ioakeim Arestes, are mentioned there as possessions of the monastery (χωρίον ὀ Μπουσδώβος, ἔχωμεν καπνοῦς δεκαἔξ ἐλευθέρους καὶ γὴν ὄσην ἔδωκεν ὀ κῦρ Ιωακειμ ὁ Αρέστης δι'αγωρασίας αὐτου). The village Mpusdobos is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between 1570 and 1573 as Boždovo. | ||
| Pesosnetza | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records a plot of land called Pesosnetza endowed by a certain Laloukeis, which was in the possession of the monastery (ἐτερα γὴ εἰς τὴν Πεσώσνητζα ὄσην δέδωκεν ὀ Λαλούκεις ἐκείνος). | ||
| Psesta | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records 40 modioi of land in a plot called Psesta, which was in the possession of the monastery (γὴν εἰς τοῦ Ψέστα μοδίων τεσαράκοντα). | ||
| Rozeinos | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records a plot of land in the village Rozeinos and a field called Analepsis endowed by a certain Asanes, which was in the possession of the monastery (καὶ γὴν ἢν ἔδωκεν ὀ Ασάνης ἐκείνος εἰς τὸν Ρωζεινον καὶ τὴν Ἀνάληψιν). The village Rozeinos is registered in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil probably under the name Rugorče. | ||
| Slatina | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records 3700 modioi of land in a plot called Slatina, Smelaiu and beyond the topographical entity by the name of Klesuritza, which was in the possession of the monastery (γὴν εἰς τὴν Σλάτιναν καὶ εἰς τοῦ Σμήλαιου καὶ ἔξο ἀπο τὴν λεγωμένην Κλησουρίτζαν μοδίων γ επτακοσίῳν). | ||
| Smelaiu | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The inventory records 3700 modioi of land in a plot called Slatina, Smelaiu and beyond the topographical entity by the name of Klesuritza, which was in the possession of the monastery (γὴν εἰς τὴν Σλάτιναν καὶ εἰς τοῦ Σμήλαιου καὶ ἔξο ἀπο τὴν λεγωμένην Κλησουρίτζαν μοδίων γ επτακοσίῳν). | ||
| Tripete | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. According to the inventory the monastery owned the land between the gate of the lower town of Melnik to Tripetes, which Stefan Hrelja had given to the monastery (καὶ τὴν γὴν ῂν ἔδωκεν ὀ Χρᾴλεις εκεινος πρὸς τὴν θείαν μονὴν τοῦ Σπηλαίου, ἀπὸ τὴν πόρταν τοῦ ἐμπορίου ἔως τὴν Τριπητήν). | ||
| Tzukarades | Place | The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion the inventory of all possessions was isssued. The village Tzukarades with paroikoi is mentioned as a possession of the monastery (Χωρίον οι Τζουκαράδες, εὑρήσκονται ὑπάρικοι). |
Actors (4)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arestes Ioakeim | Person | Mentioned in the inventory of the properties belonging to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from January 1365. The source denotes him as κῦρ. He donated a land, which he had obtained by buying, to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik before January 1365 (καὶ γὴν ὄσην ἔδωκεν ὀ κῦρ Ιωακειμ ὁ Αρέστης δι'αγωρασίας αὐτου). | |||
| Asanes | Person | Mentioned in the inventory of the properties belonging to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from January 1365. He donated a plot of land in the village Rozeinos and a field called Analepsis to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik (καὶ γὴν ἢν ἔδωκεν ὀ Ασάνης ἐκείνος εἰς τὸν Ρωζεινον καὶ τὴν Ἀνάληψιν). His endowment was recorded in the inventory of the properties belonging to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from January 1365, which was made on the occasion of the donation of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365 by the Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa. | |||
| Lalukeis | Person | Mentioned in the inventory of the properties belonging to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from January 1365. He donated a plot of land called Pesosnetza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik (ἐτερα γὴ εἰς τὴν Πεσώσνητζα ὄσην δέδωκεν ὀ Λαλούκεις ἐκείνος). His endowment was recorded in the inventory of the properties belonging to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from January 1365, which was made on the occasion of the donation of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365 by the Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa. | |||
| Unklesis Ioannes | Person | He died on 29th June 1371 during the battle against the Ottomans at Černomen/Marica. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V bestowed on 9th August 1365 the title of Despot upon him. Ioannes Unklesis enlarged the Simonos Petra-Monydrion and made from it the Simonos Petra-Monastery on the Mount Athos out of gratitude for being awarded with the title. He endowed it with many lands. Ioannes Unklesis issued between 9th August 1365 and October 1368 a chrysobull charter regarding his ktitorial activity in the Simonos Petra-Monastery on Mount Athos, which has been preserved only in the transcription of Kyrillos Lukaris, the Patriarch of Constantinople, from 1622/1623. He designates himself as δεσπότης καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ πάσης Σερβίας καὶ Ῥωμανίας in this charter. He signed the charter in favour of the Zographu-Monastery on the Mount Athos in February 1369 as Ἰωάννης ἐν Χριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ πιστὸς δεσπότης καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ, ὁ Οὔγκλεσης. He designated his reign since March 1368 as βασιλεία. He retained this self-designation till 1371. This self-designation appears in the Slavic documents in the form „carstvo“. He was the groom (ἱπποκόμος) of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. Ioannes Unklesis, who held the position of grand duke, confirmed in 1358 an endowment of his mother-in-law, the wife of Boichnas, for the Kutlumus Monastery (ὅπερ ἐπροσίλοσεν ἡ ἁγία μου κυρία ἡ Κεσάρισα πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν μονὴν ἐν τι τοποθεσία τὴ ἐπικεκλημένι ἡ Προυνέα χάριν ψυχηκὴς δωρεὰς αὐτῆς ζευγαρίων τεσσάρον... ἐγὼ Οὔγλεσις μέγας βοεβόδας ἀπὸ τὴς αὐτοῦ ἐλεημοσίνης τοὺ αὐθέντου ἡμῶν τοὺ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου καὶ τοὺ ἀδελφοὺ αὐτοὺ τοὺ [...τ...]ου μου στέργο καὶ βεβεῶ τὰ τιαύτα χωράφια εἰς τὴν Προυνέαν γὴν ζευγαρίων τεσάρον ὅπος νέμωσην οἱ τιαύτοι μοναχοὶ τὴς θείας βασιλεικῆς μονῆς τοὺ Κουτλουμούσι ἀκολείτος). He signed the document as velik vōevoda. His father was Margnaua (Orbini)/ Margna (Luccari), who was a poor nobleman from Livno in Hum. Ioannes Unklesis was the cousin (ἀνεψιός) of Helene, the Serbian Empress. His brother was Demetrios Blukasinos and his sister was Helene. The husband of his sister was Nikolaos Radochnas (Νικόλαος ῾Ραδόχνας, Nikola Radonja). He was married to Euphemia. Ioannes Unklesis was the son-in-law of Boichnas (Voihna). He was the father of Uglješa, who died as a child. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan took his father and the whole family to the court. The senate of the Ragusan republic (Consilium rogatorum) granted the payment of 50 ducats to Ioannes Unklesis on 22th July 1346 (In consilio rogatorum, in quo interfuerunt 34 consiliarii, captum fuit per omnes, nemine discortante, quod Ugiesse barono huius contrate noviter misso a domino imperatore, pro confirmanda et captanda benivolentia cum ipso ei ut habeat causam bene vivendi cum terra, de avere comunis detur et donetur eidem usque florenos seu ducatos L, prout videbitur d. comiti et suo minori consilio). Ioannes Unklesis governed independently in the are of Serres, Christupolis (Kavala), Philippoi, Drama and Zichnai. He had a good connection to the monks in Mount Athos and acknowledged Sabas, the Protos at the Mount Athos, in 1369 as his spiritual father. The Batopedi Monastery on the Mount Athos obtained at the beginning of the year 1365 from Ioannes Unklesis the Monastery of Theotokos Spelaiotissa in the vicinity of the town Melnik with vineyards and gardens, the village Tzukarades, land near the gate of the Lower Town of Melnik, twelwe subjects within the fortress of Melnik, the village Katunitza, the monydrion Hagios Georgios Aliseres, the village Hagia Kyriake, the village Dempreane, the village Mpusdobos, four mills within the fortress of Melnik, two mills in Katunitza, and other lands in the vicinity of the town Melnik. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos issued in September 1365 a chrysobull charter at the request of the Despot Ioannes Unklesis, in which he donated estates in the vicinity of Serres and Kalamaria to the Hilandar Monastery (Ἐπεὶ ὁ περιπόθητος ἀνεψιὸς τῆς ὑψηλοτάτης δεσποίνης Σερβίας καὶ περιποθήτου ἀδελφῆς τῆς βασιλείας μου, εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης τῆς Σερβίας κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Οὔγκλεσις, ἐζήτησε καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἵνα γένηται χρυσόβουλλον τοῖς μοναχοῖς τῆς κατὰ τὸ ἅγιον ὄρος τοῦ Ἄθω διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς, τῆς εἰς ὄνομα τιμωμένης τῆς πανυπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ θεομήτορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Χελανταρίου, καὶ κατέχωσι καὶ εἰς τοεξῆς τὸ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας χωρίον, τὸ καλούμενον τοῦ Ποθολινοῦ, ἔτι τε τὸ ἐν τῇ Καλαμαρίᾳ ἕτερον χωρίον τὸ καλούμενον Λιγνὸν μετὰ τῆς σκάλλας αὐτοῦ). In January 1366 ugodni vlastelin Novakь Mrasorovikь addressed the request to the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis and also to the Serbian King Demetrios Blukasinos to approve his donation of the village Koprivljane to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. Both of them confirmed the endowment of Novakь Mrasorovikь to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in a separate chrysobull charter (Sьdrьžeštu mi sia vsa blagověrьnōmu i Bogomь postavlěnnōmu despotu Iōanu Ugleši despotьstvujuštu; blagōvěrьnyi despotь Iōannь Uglešь). The Despot Ioannes Unklesis sponsored the hospital at the Batopedi Monastery and the Esphigmenu Monastery as well. He erected the monydrion of Saint Nicholas at Karyes. He was the ktitor of the small church of Saint Anargyroi at the Batopedi Monastery, where he is portrayed as a patron. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis confirmed the donation of Kaisar Boichnas (Voihna) for the monk and spiritual father Daniil. He approved all privileges concerning the Church of the Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel above Gabrovo for him (Kako pride kь carьstvu mi čьstni starьcь duhovьnikь kyrь Daniil…Mihaila i Gabrila više Gabrova, i prinese mi zapisanie gospodina….roditelě mi kesara, i viděhь pročtohь čto jestь zapisalь i….kesarь Voihna, i ini hristoljubivi crьkvi onoizi ljud…..zemle: bystь hotěnije carьstvu mi kudě godě mu se što nahodi……hru….ljud…..vinogradь, perivolja, ili i mlinь, ima hotěnije carьstvo mi kako da je……vь věkomь, i da jestь pace svobodna, nikiimь nepotьknovlenno….). Ioannes Unklesis donated in April 1369 the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь. The community of monks on the Mount Athos received also pronoia helders with people, land parcels and fruit trees, which were in some way dependent upon Kalabaris (Kalavar) (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi, i pri Kalavari proniari što su drьžali ili ljudi ili vokie sь vsem periorom sela). At the instance of the monk Theodosios and his confreres from the Monastery Batopedi Ioannes Unklesis pledged to grant in November 1369 120 hyperpyra per annum, extracted from the revenues of the lake of Porou, to the monastery. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis gave between 1369 and 1371 the selište located between the village Akroterion (Akrotirion) and the river Plumiska as a tax-free property to the Monastery of Batopedi with all rights. The selište was a possession of Lanzo (probably Lantzaretos), who lived at the time as Kalabaris or was bonded by a certain contract with Kalabaris (i darova crtvo mi ōbitěli prstie Bce Vatopedu selište megju Akrotiro, i megju Plumsko šte e drьžalь Lanzo pri Kalavari sь vsemi megjami i pravinami sela toga). The Protaton on Mount Athos gathered in December 1370 at the behest of the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis ruled the dispute over the village of Mpresnitza in favour of the Hilandar Monastery. He endowed in 1370/1371 the Hilandar Monastery with the village Akroterion (Akrotirion) and the katun of Vlachs Zarvince. He gave also pastures and hunting grounds in the vicinity of the village Akroterion and the katun of Vlachs Zarvince to the monastery (I priložihь na jezěre, u prěděle rědinьskōmь, selo Akrotirь i s pašišti i sь lovišti i sь v’sěmi megjami i pravinami sela toga. I selo katunь vlahь imenemь Zar’vin’ce sь v’sěmi pašišti i megjami i pravinami sela togo). Ioannes Unklesis donated in or before 1371 a vineyard and a farmland in the place called Koremistes to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον καὶ ζευγηλατεῖον, εὑρισκόμενα περὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς Κορεμίστης, ἅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης Σερβίας ὁ Οὔγκλεσης). In January 1371 Sabas, the Protos at the Mount Athos, granted the small monastery of Makrou to Ioannes Unklesis. In April 1371 Ioannes Unklesis donated the fishpond of Saint Theodore in the lake of Porou with all its possessions and rights, including the fishing privileges in the lagoon, to the Batopedi Monastery. Ioannes Unklesis established the contact with Constantinople in 1367/1368 in order to reconcile with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and to overcome the schism. He therefore received Theophanes, the Metropolitan of Nikaia and at the same time emissary of the patriarch of Constantiople, at his residence. He send im March 1368 a letter to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which has been preserved in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Ioannes Unklesis proposed in the letter that the metropolises in the territory of his realm, among them the Metropolises of Drama, Christupolis, Serres and Zichna should respect the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Ecumenil synod issued a charter in May 1371, where they officialy proclaimed the Union with the eparchies under the control of Ioannes Unklesis. Philotheos Kokkinos describes him as ὁ εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης Σερβίας, κῦρις Ἰωάννης ὁ Οὔγκλεσης, τοῦ πλέον τοῖς ἡμετέροις μέρεσιν ἐγγίζοντος τόπου κύριος καταστὰς, ἄνθρωπος ὑπάρχων φρόνιμος καὶ καλὸς καὶ τρόπου καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φόβον κεκτημένος, ἠθέλησεν ἐπανασώσασθαι τὰς ἐκκλησίας ταύτας τῇ ἰδίᾳ μετρὶ καὶ κεφαλῇ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν. Demetrios Blukasinos and his brother Ioannes Unklesis commanded the Serbian forces, which fought against the Ottoman army commanded by the Beglerbeg Lala Şahin Pasha and Evrenos near the village Černomen on 26th September 1371. His name is attested in the brebion (memorial book), which has been preserved at Protaton in Karyes on Mount Athos (Protaton 340 [113], 1v: Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ μακαρίας μνήμης καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν ἀειμνήστων δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ Δημητρίου κράλη καὶ Ἰωάννου δεσπότου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖς ἀναιρεθέντων ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν). |